State Department Hit by Cyber Attack Amid Afghan Evacuation
The US State Department was hit with a new cyber attack in recent weeks, Fox News reported Saturday — as diplomats’ efforts to evacuate Americans and refugees from Afghanistan become ever more desperate.
The extent of the risk to the department’s internal operations remained unknown, but officials insisted that the incursion — discovered by the Department of Defense’s Cyber Command — has had no impact on its Afghanistan mission.
“The Department takes seriously its responsibility to safeguard its information and continuously takes steps to ensure information is protected,” a State Department spokesperson said.
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